diff --git a/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template b/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template
index 91affbc578f..fff405537b7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/MoarVM/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'MoarVM'
 pkgname=MoarVM
-version=2019.11
+version=2020.01.1
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_script="perl Configure.pl"
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --has-libatomic_ops --has-libffi --has-libuv"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="libatomic_ops-devel libffi-devel libuv-devel libzstd-devel"
-short_desc="VM for NQP and Rakudo Perl 6"
+short_desc="VM with adaptive optimization and JIT compilation, built for Rakudo"
 maintainer="Andy Weidenbaum <archbaum@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 homepage="https://moarvm.org"
 changelog="https://github.com/MoarVM/MoarVM/raw/master/docs/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://moarvm.org/releases/MoarVM-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d882c5114e35800eba2226f2104997052e98b3efdea6463e7edb213a87870201
+checksum=dcb61e44a098e8375c385eb9d52bd6394255a388697b2f6a52d88e6cf4a53587
 nocross=yes
 shlib_provides="libmoar.so"